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19-y-o farmer stays on track
published: Monday | January 8, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody Ar6jv="true">
Robert Lalah, Staff Reporter
She isn't afraid of getting her hands dirty! Karen prepares chicken feed for the 350 chickens she has in her coop. - Photos by Ian Allen/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Photographer</SPAN>
It's about 11 o'clock on a hot Thursday morning in Highgate, St. Mary. Just in front of the giant clock tower, a handful of people are walking around and a few cars are parked at the side of the road. It's not a busy place. About a hundred feet from the clock is a small shopping centre called Peter's Plaza, and a short girl with dark skin and a pleasant face is using a broom to sweep the entrance to a store. Easy Way <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Fruits </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">and </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Vegetables</SPAN> is written on a sign over her head.
"Hi! How you doing? Good to meet you!" she said with a bright smile as she spotted a team from The Gleaner approaching her. "Come in man. This is my place."
She doesn't look old enough to be more than maybe a store clerk. But then, Karen Tamasa doesn't seem to realise just how old she is. At 19, she owns and operates a business place, runs a farm, owns her own home, supervises 16 employees and offers free charity work to service clubs.
Entire life
The store is small and there are fruits and vegetables on shelves all around. Karen went behind the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink2 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,2); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,2); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,2); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070108/business/business1.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">counte
19-y-o farmer stays on track
published: Monday | January 8, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody Ar6jv="true">
Robert Lalah, Staff Reporter
She isn't afraid of getting her hands dirty! Karen prepares chicken feed for the 350 chickens she has in her coop. - Photos by Ian Allen/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Photographer</SPAN>
It's about 11 o'clock on a hot Thursday morning in Highgate, St. Mary. Just in front of the giant clock tower, a handful of people are walking around and a few cars are parked at the side of the road. It's not a busy place. About a hundred feet from the clock is a small shopping centre called Peter's Plaza, and a short girl with dark skin and a pleasant face is using a broom to sweep the entrance to a store. Easy Way <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Fruits </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">and </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Vegetables</SPAN> is written on a sign over her head.
"Hi! How you doing? Good to meet you!" she said with a bright smile as she spotted a team from The Gleaner approaching her. "Come in man. This is my place."
She doesn't look old enough to be more than maybe a store clerk. But then, Karen Tamasa doesn't seem to realise just how old she is. At 19, she owns and operates a business place, runs a farm, owns her own home, supervises 16 employees and offers free charity work to service clubs.
Entire life
The store is small and there are fruits and vegetables on shelves all around. Karen went behind the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink2 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,2); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,2); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,2); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070108/business/business1.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">counte
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